Bit of confusion.
March 27 2006, 10:55 pm | | 6 Comments
Could the agencies that used to do the Herald’s advertising please put their hands up. Just the last one or two. There seems to be some confusion as to who was reponsible for the Herald’s complete lack of anything decent ad-wise until recently. Maybe they did it themselves. Please enlighten the blog.
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FCB got it off M&C, who got it off Whybins. Whybins did work for the Herald that got into One Show, and M&C did work that was a finalist at Cannes.Since then, the Herald has gone from creative opportunity to retail hell. It’s surprising that FCB even managed to get some brand work out of them – so we shouldn’t be too harsh.
We would love to see this award-winning work please. Didn’t see it on the street… not being harsh, quite pragmatic actually. faxheidi@gmail.com
I know Whybins’ work in One Show was that Rugby commentator who had his face all mushed up over subsequent daily ads in the newspaper. They also did a really nice billboard for the CHOGM summit about getting under the skin but not sure if that got anything. Not sure what M&C got their Lion finalist for but no doubt Farndale’s reading and can fill you in.
The M&C work was the stuff with people becoming office furniture with the headline “have you been in your job too long” for jobs supplement. Tasty art direction too
None of the asbove sound like they’re going to sell newspapers though, you see. Which is actuaslly the business problem.One sounds like an ad for their jobs section, the other like an ad for sports.Business guy
Whybins had the Herald for a Special Project – Chogum, which was 5-6 years ago. Then they did something for the World Cup. That aslo was a special project. I think someone else was doing their brand work at the time.